Close the proposed merger with S&P Global

Not delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 14 May 2021
Due: 31 Dec 2021
Checked: 21 Oct 2026

Deadline
Met
Late
Not met
Today

What the company said

“S&P Global and IHS Markit continue to expect to close the proposed merger in the second half of 2021”

SourceIHS Markit Form 8-K press release, 2021-05-14
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedin the second half of 2021
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeTransaction
Permanent referenceKI-C-2021-C598014-019061
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2021-C598014-019061/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

The company failed to close the merger by the end of 2021, as it was still expecting the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2022.

A
IHS Markit 8-K filed 2022-01-21 Regulatory filing · published 21 Jan 2022 · retrieved 21 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 5aa5a8904fbc
“As we continue to expect the merger with S&P Global to close in calendar Q1” ✓ confirmed on the page

Checked 21 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +90 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 14 May 2021

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in the second half of 2021”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 21 Jan 2022

Deadline 31 Mar 2022 (“calendar Q1”) · wording expected

“As we continue to expect the merger with S&P Global to close in calendar Q1”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Merger
Indicative materiality: Transformational rules
Action: Close
Deliverable: proposed merger
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: High
Conditional: Yes: subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions
Depends on: Regulatory, Partner

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.

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